The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-12-07

has been there. Food which the patient has
left should be burned. Cats and dogs should
be kept from the sick-chamber, or, better,
out of the house, for their fur can easily
carry the infection. These animals, as well
as some others, sometimes have diphtheria
and communicate it to children The dishes
which the patient uses should not be used
by others or washed with other dishes.
They should be washed by themselves in
boiling hot water. The utmost care must
be taken that the discharges from the mouth,
throat aud nose do not soil the room or its
furnishings. These discharges should be
received on pieces of cloth and then burned
If this cannot be done they should be
thoroughly disinfected with disinfectant
No. s. No. 6, or No. 2. The discharges
from the kidneys and bowels should be lib
orally treated with disinfectant No. 3, No.
6, or No. 9, and not poured into the privy
vault, but buried, If possible, two hundred
feet or more from dwelling-house and water
supply. The bed and body clothing should
not be mixed with the family wash, but
should be put into boiling hot disnfectant
solution No. or No. 3. No person from a
house where there is diphtheria should go
into public assemblies, such as schools,
churches or concerts. Persons who have
had dphtheria should not mingle with the
public for some time after the last trace of
the disease has left the throat and nose, and
then not until they and all their clothing
have been thoroughly washed and dsin-
fected. In case of death the body should
be inclosed in a sheet thoroughly wet in dis
infectants No. or No. 3, and put into
tight coffin, which should not afterwards, be
opened. The funeral should be strictly pri-
vate, and in no case should children be per-
mitted to be present. After recovery or
death disinfect the room with dsinfectant
No. |.
DIsINFECTANTs.
" No. 1. Sulphur Fumigation-To use
this effectively two pounds OF sulphur
should be burned in room ten feet square.
Every opening in the room, hues, doors,
windows cracks and crevices, must be
closed, except the door by which the disn-
fector is to escape. The sulphur is to be
burned in an iron kettle or other vessel set
in a tub containing little water to guard
against fire. A little alcohol or kerosene
must be poured upon the sulphur, by means
of which it may be ignited. Leave the room
quickly, for the flames are highly poisonous
when breathed, and close the door lightly.
Let the room remain closed twenty-four
hours or more. Then air thoroughly for
several days.
d" No, .. For the Discharges of
iron (copperas), three pounds warm water,
one gallon mix. This leaves rust spots on
clothing
" No. 8. For Priuies, Cess-pools, etc.-Sul-
phate of iron, one and one-half pounds
water, one gallon; mix.
" No. 4. For CtoMtng.-Sulphate of zinc
white vitriOD, four ounces; common salt
two ounces; water, one gallon; mix.
" No. 3. Corrosive ISubljmote, lSolution.-
Corrosive sublimate, sixty grains; perman-
ganate of potassa, one grain; water, one gal
Ion, mix. Corrosive slblimate is one of the
surest destroyers of disease germs known,
but its dangerous poisonous qualities make
it unsafe for general use. 1t could be used
instead of No. ., or one-half its strength in
stead of Nos. 3 or t.
No. 6. Chloride Of Lime Solution.-Chlo-
ride of lime of the best quality, four ounces (;
soft water, one gallon; mix This is one of
the best and cheapest dsinfectants.
" No. Z. Boiling for half and hour is the
surest way to destroy infection. INNER
sion in No. or No. will lessen the danger
from the infected clothing until it can be
be boiled, which should be done as soon as
possible.
"Some of these directions may seem ex-
treme, but they are necessary every one of
them. 1t is some trouble to carry them out
carefully, but that is nothing compared with
the possible results to you, if you neglect
them; and in thinking of the rights of
others, remember the Golden Rule"